Hours of Operation

Precita Eyes will be closed:
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 23, 24, & 25, and also Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday December 30, 31, January 1, and January 2. There will be no mural tours offered for the weekend of 12/23 and 24, nor for the weekend of 12/31 & 1/1.

Art & Mural Supplies

“The arts center has books and postcards of these murals for sale. Many murals have been painted over for new murals but the books and postcards here have preserved the images of them so they are not lost forever. Definitely stop in here for a quick visit before checking out the murals of the Mission. You'll learn a lot of information.” –Janet E.

Emmy Lou Packard was a friend to famed painters, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and lived with them in Mexico. She was Rivera's assistant when he demonstrated monumental fresco painting at the Golden Gate International Exposition on treasure Island. in 1976, Ms. Packard served as a commissioner for the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) when Susan Kelk Cervantes first met Ms. Packard.

Ms. Packard was am advocate for the community mural art that became the Mission mural Movement. Ms. Packard, with her sense of community, social justice and equality, encouraged young and emerging artists.

Susan Cervantes' first community mural required approval by the SFAC. As a Visual Arts Committee member, Ms. Packard declared, "if the community wants this mural , then they should have it." With Ms.Packard's support, Cervantes successfully painted the mural, and soon established Precita Eyes Muralists. Ms. Packard remained a friend of Precita Eyes for many years.